Plot in OotP

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 118060


Alla <dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> JKR stated that OOP should be read more or less as the first part 
> of the final trilogy of the series and that sixth and seventh books 
> will be even tighter connected together. I reserve judgment on how 
> well she plotted the final trilogy, untill I read the last book. I 
> don't think we know how all dots are connected yet.
> 
> As the "beginning of the end", I am VERY satisfied with OOP. I find 
> Harry's transition from the boy to angry teenager very believable, 
> I also think that dark atmosphere suited the book really well.


I think, Alla, that many of us simply don't have much confidence that 
JKR *will* continue on to connect the dots.  Lets face it, her record 
for coherence of plot points isn't always very good.  Dumbledore 
supposedly loves Harry but leaves him to be abused by the Dursleys 
and Snape.  Sirius manages to spend twelve years in Azkaban despite 
the existance of both Veritaserum and Legilemency.  The supposed 
fearful Dark Wizards seem to forget the Unforgiveables in their 
battle with a bunch of teenagers.  The Ministry is so poorly guarded 
a bunch of teenagers evades the security in the most secure area, the 
Department of Mysteries.  The list goes on and on.

Therefore we have the deep sinking feeling that a lot of the plot 
points and themes brought up in OOTP will never be followed up. The 
DA will probably appear in the future, but Umbridge and her attempted 
murder may never be mentioned again.  Harry may be allowed a couple 
of pages to mourn Sirius and then all of the complicated emotional 
and moral questions arising in the wake of Sirius' death, including 
those concerning Harry and Dumbledore's relationship, might well get 
swept under the rug.  The issue of Snape's behavior will not be 
addressed believably, but instead some contrived plot point (i.e. "I 
trust Severus Snape") will be used so that Snape can continue to act 
the same with no consequences.  The questions about Harry's emotions 
and the damage inflicted by the Dursleys and others will be allowed 
to lapse.  

That is the fear that many have about OOTP.  That instead of 
providing the introduction of important and interesting themes that 
will be followed closely and brought to a conclusion, it will in the 
end be just a collection of briefly mentioned topics that get brushed 
aside and never again acknowledged or explored, or else will be dealt 
with in ways that are simplistic and contrived.

Lupinlore